Podcast Episodes

Loudly Give Up, Don’t Quietly Fade

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There's a supercharged, dire wolf form of the bystander effect that I’d like to shine a spotlight on.

First, a quick recap. The Bystander Effect is …

2 years, 6 months ago

"Does davidad's uploading moonshot work?" by jacobjabob et al.

davidad has a 10-min talk out on a proposal about which he says: “the first time I’ve seen a concrete plan that might work to get human uploads befor…

2 years, 6 months ago

"The other side of the tidal wave" by Katja Grace

I guess there’s maybe a 10-20% chance of AI causing human extinction in the coming decades, but I feel more distressed about it than even that sugges…

2 years, 6 months ago

"The 6D effect: When companies take risks, one email can be very powerful." by scasper

Recently, I have been learning about industry norms, legal discovery proceedings, and incentive structures related to companies building risky system…

2 years, 6 months ago

[HUMAN VOICE] "Towards Monosemanticity: Decomposing Language Models With Dictionary Learning" by Zac Hatfield-Dodds

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This is a linkpost for https://transformer-circuits.pub/2023/monosemantic-…

2 years, 6 months ago

[HUMAN VOICE] "Deception Chess: Game #1" by Zane et al.

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This…

2 years, 6 months ago

Comp Sci in 2027 (Short story by Eliezer Yudkowsky)

This is a linkpost for https://nitter.net/ESYudkowsky/status/1718654143110512741

Comp sci in 2017:

Student:  I get the feeling the compiler is just ign…

2 years, 6 months ago

"My thoughts on the social response to AI risk" by Matthew Barnett

A common theme implicit in many AI risk stories has been that broader society will either fail to anticipate the risks of AI until it is too late, or…

2 years, 6 months ago

"Propaganda or Science: A Look at Open Source AI and Bioterrorism Risk" by 1a3orn

I examined all the biorisk-relevant citations from a policy paper arguing that we should ban powerful open source LLMs.

None of them provide good evid…

2 years, 6 months ago

"President Biden Issues Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence" by Tristan Williams

This is a linkpost for https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/10/30/fact-sheet-president-biden-issues-executive-order-on-s…

2 years, 6 months ago